RONIN ATHLETICS was recently featured in an article by Matthew Lynch for COLUMBIA News Service.

On a recent rainy Saturday afternoon at Ronin Athletics, a mixed martial arts school in Midtown Manhattan, Ruthie Niebla, 26, punched a padded wall target. She had just spent an hour in Kickboxing 101, sparring with a man much larger than her who was sporting sleeves of tattoos. The day’s workout hadn’t exactly been non-contact, which was to her liking.

“If I don’t feel the pain, then I’m not going to defend,” said Niebla, who is 5 feet 7 inches tall and 140 pounds. “Everyone’s too concerned with not hitting the only girl here today.”

Read the full article on Columbia News Service’s website.